Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Ranipet Engineering |
| 2 | Place | Ranipet |
| 3 | District | Vellore |
| 4 | State | Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | Tamilnadu |
| 6 | No. of workers | Tamilnadu |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Tamilnadu |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Vellore District Small and Tiny Industries Association (VEDSTIA) Vellore Energy Technologist Co. P. Ltd. |
| 9 | Major products | Most of the units are receiving sub-contracting jobs at different production sub-cycles of BHEL & other large customers like NTPC, BPCL, Railways, L&T, ICF etc. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Vellore |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Tamilnadu Outside India- Nil |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Non availability of testing facilities for raw materials & finished goods Use of old production technologies and no in house CAD/CAM/CAE facilities Increasing pressure on margins due to entry of more units Inadequate skilled workers Use of obsolete and primitive methods results in increased cost of production and less volume Low efficiency level of 60% |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | Industries Deptt., Government of Tamilnadu (March 2010) |